Industry Profile | Daren Williams, NCBA Bringing out the beef industry's stories Suzanne Strassburger March 5, 2014 No Comments If you don’t know who Daren Williams is, you don’t know everything about the meat industry.Read More
Efforts to keep National Beef plant open fall short February 24, 2014 No Comments After weeks of deliberation, National Beef has officially announced its decision to shut down its Brawley processing facility.Read More
Beef Board elects 2014 leadership February 13, 2014 No Comments Kim Brackett, Jimmy Maxey and Anne Anderson are new CBB officers.Read More
Utah processor to move to Idaho February 12, 2014 No Comments The facility is planning to open in spring of 2015.Read More
Closing of Brawley plant will lead to $100 million hit to local economy February 11, 2014 No Comments Local officials have been in talks with National Beef Packing Co. and its parent company to keep its plant open.Read More
Cargill rolls out ground beef information for consumers February 10, 2014 No Comments Array of tools ranges from enhanced labeling on ground beef products to online help and QR codes for mobile devices.Read More
Rabobank: Structural changes needed to keep U.S. beef industry competitive February 7, 2014 No Comments Consumption shift requires better cost control as U.S. becomes a “Ground Beef Nation.”Read More
2014 Outlook: Where there’s a WIB, there’s a way Good help may not be that hard to find after all, thanks to Workforce Investment Boards. Sam Gazdziak February 6, 2014 No Comments All too often, government is seen as the “bad guy,” and the argument is not without merit.Read More
2014 Outlook: Be flexible Small processors have unique opportunities to provide exactly what the consumer wants. Sam Gazdziak February 4, 2014 No Comments Another year brings new opportunities to capitalize upon the ever-changing consumer trends.Read More